diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
index f62d835c..c3d3c424 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
@@ -176,18 +176,6 @@ class CompiledObject(Context):
         # Everything else...
         return 'instance'
 
-    @property
-    def type(self):
-        """Imitate the tree.Node.type values."""
-        cls = self._get_class()
-        if inspect.isclass(cls):
-            return 'classdef'
-        elif inspect.ismodule(cls):
-            return 'file_input'
-        elif inspect.isbuiltin(cls) or inspect.ismethod(cls) or \
-                inspect.ismethoddescriptor(cls):
-            return 'funcdef'
-
     @underscore_memoization
     def _cls(self):
         """
@@ -257,7 +245,7 @@ class CompiledObject(Context):
 
     def _execute_function(self, params):
         from jedi.evaluate import docstrings
-        if self.type != 'funcdef':
+        if self.api_type != 'function':
             return
         for name in self._parse_function_doc()[1].split():
             try:
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_environment.py b/test/test_api/test_environment.py
index 9fddc05f..efb0045c 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_environment.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_environment.py
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ def evaluator():
 def test_import_module(evaluator):
     compiled_obj = evaluator.compiled_subprocess.import_module(name='math')
     assert compiled_obj.py__bool__() is True
-    assert compiled_obj.type == 'file_input'
+    assert compiled_obj.api_type == 'module'
     with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
         assert compiled_obj.py__mro__()